ARCHBISHOP MOUSES MISSAL

MS

2082

MS Short Title

ARCHBISHOP MOUSES MISSAL

Text

MISSAL, FOR THE USE OF ARCHBISHOP MOUSES

Description

MS in Armenian on paper, Tbilisi(?), Georgia, 1721, 30 ff. (complete), 24x18 cm, 2 columns, (20x14 cm), 21 lines in a handsome bolorgir script by the priest Avedis, each column within a gold and coloured frame, small initials in red and blue, 21 large illuminated initials formed of animals, birds, fish, people, angels, etc. in colours and gold, 22 illuminated borders of naturalistic bunches of flowers, 10 column-width miniatures, a half-page miniature of the last supper, a full-page facing title-leaf with flowers, birds and animals, and a full-page miniature showing the bishop with 8 priests within a church.